This page features brief excerpts of stories published by the mainstream
media and, less frequently, blogs, alternative media, and even obviously
biased sources. The excerpts are taken directly from the websites cited in
each source note. Quotation marks are not used.
Source: NPR
Mar 29, 2022
A key for Putin's consolidation of power was not eliminating the post-Soviet oligarchy but shaking it down for protection money and political obedience.
Source: Ms.
Mar 29, 2022
"In every facet of hip hop music and culture, women have been innovating and setting new precedents, yet most connoisseurs of hip hop remain unaware of how women have actively shaped its culture and music from inception."
Source: WNYC
Mar 29, 2022
Recent reporting from the American Association of University Professors has traced an uptick in the targeted harassment of faculty members, most often those accused of having a liberal bias and of teaching “controversial” topics. Melissa Harris-Perry talks with faculty who have experienced it.
Source: PEN America
Mar 28, 2022
"Your message is strongest when you can affirm what most people already believe about students’ right to learn."
Source: Foreign Policy
Mar 28, 2022
Madeleine Albright's path to being Secretary of State began with her experiences fleeing Prague twice – to escape both Nazism and Stalinism.
Source: ArcDigital
Mar 27, 2022
"When identifying a national problem, presumably in pursuit of national solutions, the details matter a lot."
Source: American Historical Association
Mar 27, 2022
The AHA needs to hear directly from history teachers in states where content-based legislation has passed to help develp responses to protect the integrity of history teaching.
Source: Washington Post
Mar 25, 2022
"Matt Reeves, the director of archaeology said he fears the effort to cut off the committee is aimed at undoing years of progress in conveying a more honest and complete view of history. 'They really want a narrative that’s restricted to nothing that’s negative about James Madison'.”
Source: Washington Post
Mar 25, 2022
If you have written a book about racism, policing, or other controversial issues, your best promotional strategy is to have Senator Cruz wave your book around in a televised Senate hearing.
Source: Washington Post
Mar 25, 2022
by Melissa Murray
Conservative skepticism of "unenumerated rights" indicates that they seek a judicial regime that peels back a host of rights implicit in the constitution that protect intimate freedom and the liberty of minority groups.
Source: WNYC
Mar 25, 2022
The writer Franklin Foer heard echoes of a family history in Putin's claims to "denazify" Ukraine. He went to Ukraine to investigate the story.
Source: Cultural Heritage Partners
Mar 25, 2022
by Montpelier Descendants Committee
Montpelier Descendants' Committee founder James French contends that the group "will not be deterred from our mission to contribute to uniting the country by telling a more complete and truthful history of our founding, including the full role of its indispensable ‘invisible founders'.”
Source: The Atlantic
Mar 24, 2022
by Anthony Beevor
"Astonishingly, the Russian army is repeating the past mistakes of its Soviet predecessor."
Source: HuffPost
Mar 24, 2022
No less an authority than rocker Gene Simmons was among those letting the Tennessee Republican know that she was deeply confused about the nation's founding documents.
Source: Vice
Mar 24, 2022
Nearly a century of legislation aimed at keeping the public from having fully automatic weapons is being subverted by internet trafficking in cheap devices that modify popular Glock pistols to work as mini-machine guns.
Source: The Economist
Mar 24, 2022
by Adam Roberts
While the propsal to include Ukraine and Georgia in NATO was undoubtedly viewed unfavorably in the Kremlin, there are too many factors involved to make it a sufficient explanation for Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Source: Texas Tribune
Mar 23, 2022
"[Superintendent Jeremy Glenn] noted that members of Granbury’s school board — his bosses — were also very conservative. And to any school employees who might have different political beliefs, Glenn said, 'You better hide it'."
Source: Christianity Today
Mar 22, 2022
Evangelicals are arguably the most politically engaged religious group in America, with strong views on issues before the court. Yet Ketanji Brown Jackson could become the first nondenominational Protestant to sit on the highest court.
Source: Slate
Mar 22, 2022
The Indiana senator claimed to have misunderstood a question about federalism after he gave a long and detailed answer about leaving policy issues, including specifically interracial marriage, to the states.
Source: Politico
Mar 22, 2022
Legal historians, law professors, and other scholars propose productive questions Senators could ask Biden's Supreme Court nominee, if they cared to stop grandstanding and speechifying.
